Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The attackers said that the stolen data includes information about the employees of the company involved in military projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies. The post Threat actor claims to have hacked European manufacturer of missiles MBDA appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. National Security Agency (NSA) stating that NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity Anne Neuberger is slated to host a call on Jan.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

During a meeting of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance held in California, McCallum told BBC that the Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale. “And we know that authoritarian states are laser-focused on the opportunities that these technologies may present for them.” ” reported BBC.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

The FBI also found what specific pages Al-Azhari visited, including a section on donating Bitcoin; another focused on military operations conducted by ISIS fighters in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria; and another page that provided links to material from ISIS’s media arm. Someone at the NSA gave a presentation on this ten years ago. (I

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Government Accountability Office audit last week found that the defense department is playing catch up when it comes to securing weapons systems from cyberattacks. military and civilian personnel were compromised. The result: personal information and credit card data of at least 30,000 U.S. Timely trust decisions.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

NPO Mashinostroyeniya (JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia, NPO Mash) is a leading Russian manufacturer of missiles and military spacecraft. The cyberspies targeted NPO Mashinostroyeniya in an attempt to steal highly confidential intellectual property on sensitive missile technology currently in use and under development for the Russian military.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2022

This is a dangerous vulnerability: An assessment from security firm BitSight found six vulnerabilities in the Micodus MV720 , a GPS tracker that sells for about $20 and is widely available. The researchers who performed the assessment believe the same critical vulnerabilities are present in other Micodus tracker models.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Upon enabling the macro, the embedded VBA displays a Russian article titled “Western Assessments of the Progress of the Special Military Operation.” ” The macro launches the “check.bat” script using the “vbHide” parameter to avoid presenting a command prompt window to the victim.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

As the Russian invasion continues, many cyber security experts have advised that conflicts could play out in cyberspace. Meanwhile, the CERT-UA posted on Facebook that it had detected a widespread phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian military personnel. Remote access tools enable people to use a computer while not physically present.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2022

Protecting the Crown Jewels: The evolution of security strategies and asset protection. The intent of this tradition was to ensure trusted access to and physical security of the Tower, the most secure castle in the land, so that intruders would not be able to gain access. Security Practices and the Queen’s Jubilee.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

Security experts from FireEye have uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. “We Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

The annual national security threat assessment report released by Lithuania’s State Security Department states that Russia-linked APT groups conducted cyber-attacks against top Lithuanian officials and decision-makers last in 2020. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Researcher Sylvain Pelissier has discovered that the DataVault encryption software made by ENC Security and used by multiple vendors is affected by a couple of key derivation function issues. ” reads the presentation of the speech published on the rc3 website. ” reads the security advisory published by ENC.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

In a National Cyber Security Alliance report, research showed that of the 1,009 small businesses with 500 employees surveyed, 10% went out of business, 25% filed for bankruptcy, and 37% experienced financial loss. Security’s deep impact on company performance isn’t a thing of the past. The culprit?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

In a National Cyber Security Alliance report, research showed that of the 1,009 small businesses with 500 employees surveyed, 10% went out of business, 25% filed for bankruptcy, and 37% experienced financial loss. Security’s deep impact on company performance isn’t a thing of the past. The culprit?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

When scanned, an AirTag in Lost Mode will present a short message asking the finder to call the owner at at their specified phone number. The vulnerability was discovered and reported to Apple by Bobby Rauch , a security consultant and penetration tester based in Boston. A sample “Lost Mode” message.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

A lack of region locks may also have caused card thieves to gravitate toward buying up as many cards as they could from USAA , a savings bank that caters to active and former military service members and their immediate families. Not long ago, the price of CNP accounts was less than half that of card-present accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The company is now primed to secure 2-4 more acquisitions within the next 6 to 18 months, bolstering its position in the cybersecurity landscape. Security and risk management leaders must rethink their balance of investments across technology, structural, and human-centric elements as they design and implement their cybersecurity programs.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder has been active since at least 2012, the group main targeted Police, Military, Maritime, and the Naval forces of Central Asian countries. Below are the slides presented by the Kaspersky researcher Noushin Shabab at the BlackHat Asia 2022: Download Slides. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

According to security researchers from Trend Micro, the Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group has been scanning vulnerable email servers for more than a year. The cyberespionage group continues to target members of defense companies, embassies, governments, and the military. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, Macron said that France will favor European providers of 5G technology due to security concerns. It’s normal that … we want a European solution” because of the importance of “the security of our communication,” Macron told reporters. ” reported the Associated Press agency. .'”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

The popular cryptographer and researcher Moxie claims the list of customers of the company includes authoritarian regimes in Belarus, Russia, Venezuela, and China, death squads in Bangladesh, and military juntas in Myanmar. This is the space in which virtually all security vulnerabilities originate.” ” concludes the expert.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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IT Governance

JUNE 16, 2022

The message was filmed at what appeared to be GCHQ – the UK government’s intelligence and security headquarters – and informed viewers that Britain’s energy and water supplies could be cut off by an imminent attack. Let’s just hope that its show lives up to the hype and presents the genuine risks of a nation-state cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The announcement comes ahead of the presentation of a long-term review of national security strategy to parliament on Tuesday which could lead to a reduction in armed forces personnel. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

The security incident has happened in July at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant at Yuzhnoukrainsk, in the south of the country. The equipment was discovered present in the power plant’s administration offices. ” reported ZDnet. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – nuclear power plant, hacking).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The post Russia-linked APT28 uses COVID-19 lures to deliver Zebrocy malware appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. ” concludes Anomaly. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A system called Mayhem, created by a team of Carnegie-Mellon computer security researchers, won. The rest have been Chinese only: teams from Chinese universities, teams from companies like Baidu and Tencent, teams from the military. This essay originally appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of IEEE Security & Privacy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The list of Crypto’s customers included Iran, India and Pakistan, military juntas in Latin America and the Vatican. The events under discussion date back to 1945 and are difficult to reconstruct and interpret in the present-day context,”. The company was completely under the control of the spy agencies since 1970.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

We've brought technology from our past into the present by creating emulators for Enigma, Typex and The Bombe in #CyberChef. The GCHQ developed emulators for Enigma, Typex and the Bombe that could be executed in the CyberChef , The Enigma machines were used by the German military to protect communications during the Second World War.

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